Pants hanger



Dec. 12, 1950 SELLERS 2,533,634

PANTS HANGER Filed March 1, 1946 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 12, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PANTS HANGER George P. Sellers, Phoenix, Ariz.

Application March 1, 1946, Serial No. 651,102

This invention relates to improvements in pants and skirt hangers and has for its objects:

First, the provision of a pants or skirt hanger having a U-shaped spring frame with a suitable bracket plate for mounting on a wall or door and a number of spring clips formed from folds of a single length of light spring strap met/a1 supported Within the arms of said frame.

Second, the provision of a spring clip pants hanger having a weight supporting frame of resilient strap metal provided with a plate for attachment to a wall and formed in the shape of a U, combined with a plurality of resilient clips formed by return bends of light, flat, spring metal and arranged so that the bottom ends of pant legs or the like may be slipped between the return bend portions thereof; this spring clip element being supported by the arms of said U- shaped frame member and somewhat compressed there between.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

I attain the foregoing objects by means of the device shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 an elevational view of the open end thereof; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary portion of the inner arm of the frame member.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

The main frame 2 is formed of resilient spring metal so as to have a U-shaped plan as shown in Figure 2.

The two arms 3 and 4 of this frame are thus attached by the web portion 5. The outer ends of the arms are curved outward at 6 and l to aid in inserting garments. On the outer face of the back arm 3 a plate 8 is attached by spot welding. This plate has offset flanges 9 provided with screw holes Ii]. This offset permits the device to be attached to the fiat surface of a wall or door so that the body of the frame 2 extends outward therefrom a short distance.

Within the area embraced by arms 3 and 4 there is a clip element [2, made of a single piece of light gauge strap spring metal folded and refolded by return bends to form the clip ends M at the open end of frame 2.

This element commences with a straight portion l somewhat parallel to the inner face of arm 3. The end of this strip is brought to a point [6 by diagonal cuts I1 and I8 as shown in Figure 4. A hole is drilled through arm 3 at 3 Claims. (Cl. 211-89) p of arm 4.

the point of attachment, point [B is bent so as to extend into this hole a short distance and the end of the strip I5 is then attached to arm 3 by spot welding. The first pass of this clip element is then bent at the right end as indicated by numeral 22 and extends forward to form the first clip 23, whereupon itis bent to return again toward the closed end 5 of frame 2, and so On to form several clip ends I4 at the open end of the frame.

The final pass 25 of this spring clip element substantially parallels frame arm 4 and at its end is shaped similar to the end N5 of the first pass l5 and is bent into a hole 26, formed in the face It is spot welded to arm 4 adjacent this hole.

It is to be noted that the material of the clip element [2 is bowed out on each side of the clip ends [4 as indicated by numeral 21. This bowed construction affords a resilient grip on each individual garment placed between the clip elements.

In use, if a garment, such as, for example, the cuff end of a pair of pants, is slipped between any of the clip ends 14 and slid inward to the position indicated by the dotted lines 30, it will be held firmly between the sides of the clip element folds. It is to be observed that garments may also be inserted between the frame elements 3 and 4 and the adjacent clip sides. One or several garments may be inserted and adequately held. Where only one is inserted it is maintained in position by pressure of the sides of the clip element fold and by pressure exerted from fold to fold of' element l2, as a whole, due to its being enclosed between the arms of frame 2. As a number of garments are inserted between the clips and between them and the frame sides the arms of the frame are expanded somewhat. Since this additional weight requires additional gripping qualities the resilient arms 3 and 4 of the frame add spring tension to the sides of the clips holding the garments in addition to that afforded by the bow portions 21 and other wall portions of each clip.

It is to be observed that the clip element 12, in order to accomplish the above, is enclosed or embraced within and between the resilient arms 3 and 4 of frame 2. Furthermore, the clip element I2 is supported at both ends, that is at ends l8 and 26 by attachment to the inner face of each of the frame arms 3 and 4 respectively. This provides a structure which will hold the considerable weight of a number of garments placed between the clips, but at the same time will not sag. This structure permits the use of lighter spring material in the formation of the clip element [2 so that each garment need not be gripped tighter than necessary to hold its weight, yet the whole device is adequately supported by the comparatively heavy resilient spring of the frame 2.

I claim:

1. A pants hanger comprising, in combination, a U-shaped frame of resilient material, a. plate secured thereto and adapted for attachment to a wall, and a composite yielclable retaining member supported between the arms of said frame, composed of a single piece of leaf spring material folded and refolded by return bends; said clip being pressed between the arms of said frame, with the ends of said clip rigidly secured to the inner faces of said arms midway of their length, to "attain support thereon.

2. A pants hanger comprised of a U-shaped re i ien fr m of fi t p n m l, having means for attachment tea wall, in combination with clip structure including yieldable clips adapted to receive the cuff bottoms of pants legs, or the like, iormfi by a plurality of bends and back bends of s ra pr ma i h b nd be n e i en y held against each adjacent bend by a connecting bend with the ends of said spring material terminating substantially in the middle of the length of said clip structure; said clip structure U being compressed between the arms of said resilient frame and supported thereby by rigid ate tach rnent of its ends to the inner faces of the arms thereof.

3. A pants hanger comprising, in combination, a U-shaped frame of resilient strap metal, the outwardly extending parallel arms thereof being joined by a curved web portion; a plate secured to the outer face of one of said arms, a resilient multiple clip element of strap spring metal, folded to have forward edge bends, joined by return bends to form a plurality of individual clips adapted to receive the lower portions of pants legs; the portion of said flat material forming the walls of each of said el l ps being curved inwardly to afford compression on a garment in- 's'erted therebetween; the ends of said multiple clip element terminating approximately in the middle of said element and being rigidly attached to the inner faces of the arms of said frame at approximately their middle whereby said elemeat is suppbrt'd and compressed there between.

GEORGE P. SELLERS.

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